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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIc CHARLES A. LINDSTROM, OF ALLEGHENY, AND JOHN F. STRElB, OFAVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY, OFPITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,290, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed July 22, 1903. Serial No.166,539. (No model.)

To all LUZ'I/OI'IL 116 may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLEs A. LIND- S'IROM, of Allegheny, and J OIINF. STREIB, of Avalon,Allegh en y county,Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Car, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows in side elevationthe end portion of a hopper-car provided with our iinprovement. Fig. 2isan end view, one half of which is shown in elevation and the other halfin vertical section on the line H II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view,the hopper and floor-sheets being removed from one-half of the car tobetter illustrate the construction; and Fig. 4. is a longitudinalcentral section of one end of the car on the line IV IV of Fig. 3.

1n the drawings, 2 2 are the side sills of the car, and 3 is thebolster.

4t 4 are the sides of the hopper, made of metal plates extending whollywithin the vertical plane of the side sills and preferablyperpendicularly, or nearly so, so that vertical side surfaces areafforded which impart a maximum capacity to the car and do not obstructthe discharge of the'contents.

5 5 are doors at the bottom of the car, hinged at 6 6 and providedwithlifting-chains which extend over guide-pulleys? to a chainshaft 8,on which is a gear-wheel 9 in gear with a pinion 10, preferably ofsmaller diameter. The shaft 8 is journaled in brackets 11, set on thefloor-plate 24, which covers the side sills 2 2 and draftsills 12 12.The

guide-pulleys 7 are journaled in bearings 13,

extends across the car and can be operated at either side.

20 20 are beams, preferably channel-beams, which are fixed to the sidesof the hopper near the ends and extend forwardly to the bolster 3, towhich they arciixed, preferably by angle-pieces 21. Diagonal braces22,which may be channel-beams, extend from beams 20 at the corners ofthe hopper obliquely forward to the middle portion of the bolster andare preferably connected by a cross-beam 23 and by a floor-plate 24,which extends forward to the end sill and is riveted to the bolster andto the beams 20 and 22 and to the draft-sills 12. This plate need not becontinuous, but may be in sections. It forms the top member of thebolster and affords a very stiff and strong construction for the end ofthe car, preventing buckling of the bolster, holding the hopper in placethrough the braces 25 and 26, and distributing the strains in aneffective manner.

At the ends of the hopper are diagonal braces 25, which extend obliquelyfrom the bolster to the middle portion of the end of the hopper, andother braces 26 extend from the bolster to the top of the hopper.

Within the scope of our invention as defined in the claims theconstruction may be modified, since What we claim is 1. A hopper-carhaving side sills, vertical sides wholly within the vertical planes ofthe side sills and laterally removed from said sills, and means forindirectly securing said sides to said sills; substantially asdescribed.

2. A hopper-car having side sills, body-bolsters and. end sills and abody with vertical sides and sloping ends, said body being wholly withinthe vertical plane of the side sills and laterally removed from saidsills, and. means for indirectly securing said sides to said sills;substantially as described.

3. A car having side sills, vertical sides located within and laterallyremoved from said sills, and stakes extending downwardly and outwardlyfrom the vertical sides of the car to the sills; substantially asdescribed.

4. A car having side sills, stakes extending downwardly and outwardlyfrom the sides of the car to the sills, and intermediate distancepiecesbetween the stakes and the sides of the car; substantially as described.

5. A car having side sills, stakes extending downwardly and outwardlyfrom the sides of the car to the sills, and door-opening mechanism setin the space between the stake and the side of the car; substantially asdescribed.

6. A car having side sills, stakes extending downwardly and outwardlyfrom the sides of the car to the sills, and a guide-pulley journaled inthe space between the stake and the side of the car; substantially asdescribed.

7. A hopper-ear havinga bolster, side beams extending from the sides ofthe hopper to the bolster near the ends of the latter, and diagonalbeams extending to the middle portion of the bolster; substantially asdescribed.

8. A hopper-car having a bolster, side beams extending from the sides ofthe hopper to the bolster near the ends of the latter, diagonal beamsextending to the middle portion of the bolster, and a cross-beamconnecting said diagonal beams; substantially as described.

9. A hopper-car having a bolster, side beams extending from the sides ofthe hopper to the bolster near the ends of the latter, diagonal beamsextending to the middle portion of the bolster, and a floor-plateconnecting the side beams; substantially as described.

10. A hopper-car having an inclined end, diagonal braces extending fromthe middle portion of the end of the hopper to the bolster, and otherbraces extending from the top of the hopper to the bolster;substantiallyas described.

11. A hopper-car having a bolster, side beams extending from the sidesof the hopper to the bolster near the ends of the latter, diagonal beamsextending to the middle portion of the bolster, and a floor-plateconnecting the side beams and fixed to the bolster, side sills,draft-sills, end sills and braces; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

CHARLES A. LINnsTROM. JOHN F. STRElB.

lVitnesses:

L. M. REDMAN, H. M. Conwnv.

